The NZ Transport Agency’s resource consent applications and Notice of Requirement for a designation over the land needed to build the Western Belfast Bypass will be notified this week by the Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury. The Transport Agency’s …

The New Zealand Transport Agency will be undertaking essential maintenance works in the Lyttelton Tunnel between the hours of 8pm and 6am for one day on: 25 June The night-time works will place restrictions on traffic flows through the tunnel, and …

It's great to meet positive people; their energy and enthusiasm rubs off. That is especially the case in Christchurch, a city where it is far too easy to get weighed down by seemingly intractable problems, of which there are many.

We are Still trapped between our Engineer and the Christchurch City Council Building Consents Department. (Note that this is Gerry Brownlee’s restructured Building consent department). An unenviable situation, one is hopelessly overworked and the other hopelessly rigid and rule bound …

The Chaneys off-ramp on the Northern motorway which gives access to Main North Road to Marshland Road will be closed today (Tues 24 June) during off-peak hours. Work to repair the road will require the full closure of the off-ramp, …

Eighteen years ago when the worldwideweb was in its infancy and dial up was the only way you could access the internet from home, St Albans NeighbourNet operated a private intranet that offered neighbours a way to connect to neighbours, to warn about a mini crime wave in the area and to share information about […]

The Chaneys off-ramp on the Northern motorway which gives access to Main North Road to Marshland Road will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday 24 June) during off-peak hours. Work to repair potholes in the road will require the full closure of …

On the 3rd anniversary of the first "red zone" announcement Quake Outcasts welcome Labour's promise to treat all red zoned residents equally- by offering to buy their land and homes for 100 percent of the 2007 rating valuation.

A Labour government will ensure that all owners of red-zoned properties in Canterbury receive a buy-out offer of 100 per cent of the 2007 rateable value of their land, says Labour's Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Spokesperson Ruth...

A group of police officers first on the scene of the collapsed Canterbury Television building are "humbled and embarrassed" to receive bravery awards for their actions on the day of the February 2011 earthquake.

It may have been luck that brought two doctors, a police officer and a firefighter to Brian Coker as he lay trapped in a collapsed building, but it was their team effort that saved his life, his rescuers say.

The actions of those people who risked their own lives to help the injured and trapped after the February 22, 2011, earthquake have been recognised with New Zealand bravery awards. Today, The Press joins in honouring their heroism.

New: Barbadoes Street – single lane drop will extend from Bealey Ave to Salisbury Street. Colombo Street – traffic will not be able to travel north and south across this intersection but access from Tuam Street west is still maintained …

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is using the powers of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 to allow for timelier redevelopment of the badly damaged Lyttelton Port.

For available routes around the Central City please find below the CBD network map. This is updated weekly. Copies of this map can be found in the Wednesday edition of the Christchurch Star which is free from most service stations and supermarkets. Please …